1 Chapter Eleven

On the final day of the school trip, Daisuke was completely healed, and he asked Takeru to join him in the park.

"What's up?" asked Takeru.

"I need you to do me a favor," he said, and handed Takeru a Post-It note. "Go to that address and talk to a guy named Colin. Tell him all the stuff on this note here and tell him to come and wait right where we're standing."

"Okay," agreed Takeru, and he went off to Colin's house.

"And tell him Daisuke sent you!"

* * *

Daisuke stood in front of Angie's house, and knocked on the door. Angie opened it.

"Hello, Daisuke," she said.

"Hello Angie. Listen, I got to tell you something. You need to talk to Colin, tell him how you feel, just hang out with him."

"Are you sure that's a good idea?"

"Trust me, go out to that bench in the park we sat at when we first met. He'll be there. Just take a chance."

"Well, okay. Good-bye." Angie walked down the steps of her house and went to the park.

* * *

Takeru stood as the door was opened.

"Can I help you?" asked the young man who answered the door.

"Yes, are you Colin?"

"Yes."

"My name is Takeru, I'm a friend of Daisuke's." He began to read off the Post-It note. "You must go to the green bench at the park and see Angie, and tell her how you feel. Trust me."

"Is this for real?" asked Colin.

"Yeah, just go."

* * *

Angie had been waiting for a couple of minutes when she heard someone call her name.

"Angie?" It sounded like Colin's voice. She turned and saw that she was right.

"Hello Colin," she said. "How are you?"

"Fine." Both of them were nervous. Colin was especially shy. He didn't talk much, and it would definitely be awkward for him to just suddenly confess that he had a crush on her. He decided to make a conversation. "Did you do anything fun this week?"

"Nothing special, really," said Angie. She wanted to open her heart, to tell Colin how she felt, but it was

difficult. The fears she had before still held her back.



Colin sat down on the bench next to her. "So… do you have anything planned for this weekend?"



"No, nothing at all."



"Me neither. I've been pretty bored lately." Colin looked into her large, brown eyes, and her long, dark

hair. She was the most beautiful person he ever saw. Could he get the courage to tell her that.



"You have nice eyes," he said.



Angie blushed. "Thank you," she said, then added, "That was very sweet of you."



Colin blushed too, and looked down at the ground. He was proud of himself for being able to say that. "I

think you're a very nice person, Angie. I just wanted to know that, if you wanted to, maybe you and I

could… go out sometime?"



"Are you asking me out?" she asked.



"Well, yeah, if you want to go out with me that is. You don't have to of course."



Angie couldn't believe what she heard. The young man she secretly adored was asking her out. She

answered after she let the reality o it sink in. "Yes, I'd like that very much.



"Really?" said Colin, unable to believe that he was about to date the girl of his dreams.



"Yes. Where did you want to go?" she asked.



"Oh, well, wherever you want to go. The movie theater, maybe a restaurant, the library."



"The library sounds nice. When should we go?"



"Are you busy?"



"No."



"How about right now?" Colin surprised himself with his own boldness.



"Okay." Angie surprised herself with her own boldness.

* * *

"I'm surprised by their own boldness," said Daisuke. He hid just a meter behind the new couple with Takeru behind a bush. "The library doesn't sound very romantic though."

"Who cares?" said Takeru. "The important thing is that everything worked out."

"Yeah, don't I make the awesomest matchmaker."

"You are the awesomest matchmaker Daisuke."

"Well, as I always say; 'You only live twice: once when you are born, and once when you look death in the face.' It's a cool quote."

"Yeah, but what's it got to do with what's going on right now?"

"Nothing, but I like that song. [sings] Yooouuu only live twiiiiccce, or soooo it seeeems…"

"I'm not in the mood for a musical number right now Daisuke."

"Aw. Oh well. Let's get back to the hotel. The buses will be leaving soon."

"Right."

The two of them walked back to the hotel.

"So what have you been up to?" asked Daisuke.

"Well, I've been calling that red-haired guy, seeing if he wants me on that show again…"

The End





[The author would like to apologize for this chapter, romance is not his forte. He would also like to say that he is rather sure that screaming for a long period of tie cannot cause one's lung to burst, although it would make one's body starve for oxygen, much like when choking on one's pretzle. Please do not try it at home, and especially not in public.]